John McLaughlin

🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.

I have a signed Blake's 7 photo from the 80's.

Debunking Benefit 3: The Multiverse Where Britain Randomly Volunteers to Underwrite the EU A benefit built entirely out of counterfactual smoke, time slippage and the UK mysteriously becoming fiscally adventurous for the first time in history.

A Brexit benefit that only works if time runs backwards and the UK suddenly loves EU debt.

That’s… not how reality works.

Samsung is considering offering a paid tier for Galaxy Watch users – and I'm sick of having my own data sold back to me Sick of getting all your Samsung Galaxy Watch features for free? You're in luck

I think if #Samsung starts to charge for its Watch features, it will be the beginning of the end of its dominance for Samsung users.

I wonder what others think.

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Follow the corruption money and no doubt the answer will be there!

I don't think we have seen any prosecution for malfeasance in public office.

Today is #WorldBloodCancerDay

GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma.

You could be someone's lifeline❤️

Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done

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Looking after the workers

Nigel Farage Has a Slogan. Britain Needs a Plan. A deep dive into why soundbites aren’t substitutes for statecraft.

As ever, lot of chest-beating with very little in the way of detail or deliverable policy - though at this point, that’s hardly a surprise.

Farage’s Daily Mail essay reads like it’s been engineered entirely for applause lines, not governance. No costings. No implementation plans. Just slogans.

Chancellor must ‘supercharge EU reset’ to escape economic black holes "Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board"

"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board"

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

New figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

Ministers have pledged to “tear down” barriers to trade with the European Union after new figures showed Brexit has cost UK business a staggering £37bn a year
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Israel kills at least nine Palestinians, including journalists, in Gaza The attack targets a relief team in the north of the enclave that was accompanied by journalists and photographers.

At least nine Palestinians, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian media ⤵️

I thought Musk was South African. Have I got that wrong?

Trump on NATO: “If the US was in trouble and we called them. You think they're going to come and protect us? I’m not so sure.”

This already happened, after 9/11. And every single member state backed the US. He really does talk a load of old blathering shite.

¿: Reuters My News Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke March 6, 2025 1:08 PM GMT • Updated 19 min ago Aa

In just two weeks, Trump has:

🔴 Sent his team to hold unilateral ceasefire talks with Russia - the aggressor - while excluding Ukraine, the country being invaded.
🔴 Tried to strong-arm Ukraine into handing over 50% of its mineral wealth to the US, with no security guarantees in return.

Leader of the Free World 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇿🇦🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷

I'm curious to know if it is my imagination or whether other people who use Facebook find that it is becoming more toxic in the same way that Twitter/X did?

Screenshot of petition to join EU, with over 90,000 signatures.

Really not far to go now.

Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It's now 104,084!

Kemi Badenoch Refuses to Reject Donald Trump's 'Ethnic Cleansing' Plan for Gaza A spokesman for the Conservative leader would not reiterate the party's previous support for a two state solution for Israel and Palestine

Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to condemn Trump's Gaza plan or repeat Conservative party's previous support for a two state solution.

Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have right to return to their homes, he refused to do so
@adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...

This is #WorldCancerDay & NHS Give Blood is highlighting the extraordinary power your donations have to help fight cancer.

Whether blood, platelets or stem cells, every donation counts, and yours could be a lifeline for someone with cancer
www.blood.co.uk/why-give-blo...

So much for Musk saying X was for freedom of speech!!!

Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it

We cannot allow them to rewrite history.

If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
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Palestinians released by Israel show signs of ‘torture, starvation’ Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, said Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

Dozens of Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said following the latest batch that was released on Saturday.

Researchers Make Computer Models To Tackle Antibiotic Resistance Learn more about the new computer models that make more targeted antibiotics a possibility.

🧪 University of Virginia researchers created computer models to design targeted antibiotics, reducing bacterial resistance. By identifying metabolic traits, these precision treatments limit unnecessary antibiotic exposure. 🧬💻 #MLSky

Niche-specific metabolic phenotypes can be used to identify antimicrobial targets in pathogens The emergence of resistance to traditional antimicrobials increases the need to develop innovative approaches to understanding pathogen function. This study uses a computational data-driven approach…

🧪 🧬💻 #MLSky Direct link to the study: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002907

Photo of President Jimmy Carter smiling. "My faith demands - this is not optional - my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference." - Jimmy Carter

The true essence of President Jimmy Carter.
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